December 10, 2014

Upper Level Merit

Training for Full Title Step VII to Step IX

Agenda

• Welcome/Introductions

• Agenda/Training Agreements/Outcomes

• Overview of Process

• Program Review Dossier

• Questions/Wrap-up

Presenters

Academic Personnel Unit

Kim Rodrigues

WithAssistance from the AAC

Personnel Committee

Thank You for Your Support and Expertise

• AAC Personnel Committee o Khaled Bali , Ben Faber, Josh Davy, Larry Forero, Brent Holtz,

Sue Manglallan, Anna Martin, Steven Worker

• Academic Personnel Unito Kim Rodrigues, Executive Directoro Pam Tise, Personnel Analyst

Training Agreements• Mute phone until you want to speak.

o Press *6 to mute and *7 to unmute.

• Silence cell phones/other noise makers.

• Do not put call on “hold” (problem with music).

• May type questions via the chat function on your computer screen.

• If you ask questions verbally, state your name followed by a concise question.

• One person speak at a time.

Outcomes

• Increased knowledge of procedures.• Understanding of the thematic PR format and

required elements for Upper Level Merit.• Increased knowledge of how to develop a well

written PR.• Answers to your PR questions.

UC ANR Organization

• Peer Review Committee (PRC)• Ad Hoc Committees• Academic Personnel Unit (APU)• AAC Personnel Committee (AAC PC)• Vice Provost• Associate Vice President• Vice President

Peer Review Committee (PRC)• Peer Review Committee (PRC) – Chaired by

Vice Provost of Cooperative Extension, Chris Greer . PRC reviews terms, merits, promotions, accelerations, and upper level merits as well as any special cases upon request of the candidate or supervisor. The committee is composed of 7 peers:• Khaled Bali, Marianne Bird, David Lile, Rachael

Long, Anna Martin, Glenn McGourty, and Steve Orloff

PRC Operational Guidelines• Committee members are assigned 2 PRC reviewers per case

(systematically randomized to balance workload and avoid any/all potential conflicts of interest).

• Lead PRC member summarizes the case, in advance, of full meeting discussion.

• PRC fully reviews and discusses all cases, especially any with mixed reviews.

• PRC seeks consensus, but reports all recommendations and any/all split “votes.” This information is shared with the decision-maker ONLY. Candidate sees consensus or majority recommendations.

• Associate Vice President considers ALL input on case when making decision.

Peer Review Committee Perspective

• Your PR is your chance to tell your story.

• Presentation is important because:o You want the reviewer to enjoy reading your dossier! o It needs to be easily understood by people in other

programs.o Each reviewer has a unique perspective:

Keep in mind the perspectives of those reading your PR: supervisor (e.g. CD), Ad hoc Committee and /or members of Peer Review Committee.

Reviewers may not be familiar with you or your specific program.

Any questions regarding The Peer Review Committee?

AAC Personnel Committee • Work with UC ANR Academic Personnel Unit to

coordinate the academic merit & promotion process.

• Assures process is fair and understandable.

• Facilitates training with UC ANR APU.

• Recommends nominations for Ad hoc review committees.

• Provides Ad hoc committee chair training.

• Reviews Ad hoc committee reports for constructive, mentoring advice that helps an academic improve in the future.

• Reviews all negative recommendations on cases reviewed by PRC before being sent to AVP.

Ad Hoc Committees to be developed for specific actions: Assistant to Associate, Associate to Full Title, and Full Title V to Full Title VI (and for Advisors /Specialists seeking Indefinite Status).For Candidates in SSPs, the SSP Director will provide an evaluation in addition to the CDs. For example, Directors for the following SSPs: IPM, MG, YFC (NFCS, 4-H).

For Advisors/SpecialistsFor Action To To Decision Maker

Merit Supervisor PRC Associate Vice President

Promotion Supervisor

Ad Hoc PRC

Associate Vice President

Term Reviews Supervisor

PRC

Associate Vice President

Indefinite Term Review Supervisor

Ad Hoc PRC Associate Vice President

Accelerations (Merit) Supervisor

PRC

Associate Vice President

CD Review/Academics with CD Assignments

Ad Hoc Committees to be developed for specific actions: Assistant to Associate, Associate to Full Title, and Full Title V to Full Title VI (and for Advisors seeking Indefinite Status).

For Action To To Decision Maker

Merit Vice Provost of CE Chris Greer

PRC

Associate Vice President

Promotion Vice Provost of CEChris Greer

Ad Hoc PRC Associate VicePresident

Term Reviews Vice Provost of CE Chris Greer

PRC

Associate Vice President

Indefinite Term Review

Vice Provost of CE Chris Greer

Ad Hoc PRC

Associate Vice President

Accelerations (Merit)

Vice Provost of CE Chris Greer

PRC Associate Vice President

For Academics with Statewide Program Affiliation (IPM, MG, YFC)

• UC ANR Leaders are committed to strengthening UCCE as a statewide program developed and delivered locally.

• Providing input from both the local supervisor and the Statewide Program Director supports this alignment.

• The input from the Statewide Program Director is to provide integration towards statewide outcomes/impacts and mentoring/coaching/support.

• The goal is to seek balance between local priorities and statewide goals.

Decision Makers

• Associate Vice President receives all recommendations in order to make informed decisions.

• All appeals go to the ANR Vice President.

Timeline for PR Process

• Access is available through your portal. • Deadline for uploading your PR dossier:

• 11:59 PM, February 2, 2015 • You may upload your documents and make

corrections/revisions up until the deadline.• Results by the end of June 2015 for July 1, 2015

actions.

General Tips• Start as early as possible.

• Keep good records all year and use them.

• Use web examples referenced in E-book.

• Review PR Dossier Examples on the Academic Personnel Website (http://ucanr.edu/academicpersonnel) – merit and promotion process

• Review and edit; then review and edit some more.

• Ask questions.

• Ask peers to review your work.

A Good PR is…

• ACCURATE: Be factual, tell how impacts were achieved.

• BRIEF: Make every word work.

• CLEAR: Say what you mean.

• SPECIFIC: Use examples.

• PROFESSIONAL: Make it look professional – adhere to format guidelines.

Make Your Dossier Reflect Your Program! Make It Enjoyable to Read!

• Reviewers find it less enjoyable to read if they have to tease out information.

• State your overarching program themes.

• Identify your clientele/audiences.

• Write clear goals and objectives.

• Summarize your accomplishments.

• Remember what is obvious to you, may not be obvious to all readers -- make it obvious!

Tips for Writing Your PRMake sure you highlight your activities that support UC ANR’s visibility and effectiveness such as:• Successful collaborations (internal and external)• Mentoring of colleagues (formal and informal)• Efforts to strengthen the UC ANR network (formally called the

“continuum”)• Multi-county and/or multi-program assignments• Leadership roles• Advocacy efforts• Outreaching to clientele using new technologies such as social

media, websites.• Only list activities and accomplishments in one section.

Fostering Your Success

• An excellent presentation, along with high quality work, greatly helps your supervisor write a strong evaluation.

General Directions

• Font: Times New Roman 11 or 12

• Margins: 1 inch all around

• Adhere to page limits

• Please refer to the E-book found at

http://ucanr.edu/academicpersonnel (on front page)

Tip: Be kind to your readers – use a format that makes your PR readable. Pay attention to required vs. suggested.

Definitions to Help Develop a Thematic PR Format

• Theme: your program focus; subject matter expertise; etc. Themes may or may not relate to Strategic Initiatives (See E-book for more detail).

• Clientele: People or group of people that a program aims to serve.• Goals: The purpose towards which an effort is directed.• Inputs: What we invest: Faculty, staff, students, infrastructure, federal,

state and private funds, time, knowledge, etc. This step is often assumed and is not always articulated and is not required in DANRIS-X.

• Methods (Activities/Outputs): Research/Creative and Extension activities to reach goals. Products created through such activity (meetings, trainings, extension programs, curricula, webinars, publications, etc.).

• Outcomes: Changed knowledge, attitudes, skills, behavior/practices resulting from your efforts.

• Impacts: Social/health, economic, environmental/physical benefits to individuals, organizations, populations, communities.

Another Way of Looking At One of Your Themes

INPUTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES

Program Investments

or Efforts

Activities Participation Short Medium

What we invest or

do

Products or programs we create

Who we reach

Information gained, behaviors changed, etc.

SO WHAT??

What is the IMPACT or ANTICIPATED IMPACT?

Long-term

Strategic Initiatives

• Water Quality, Quantity and Security

• Sustainable Food Systems

• Sustainable Natural Ecosystems

• Healthy Families and Communities

• Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases

2 Separate Theme Examples- 4-HYDA

• Healthy Families and Communities Initiative (Advisor 1)o Promote Positive Youth Developmento Support Adolescent Leadership Developmento Volunteer Developmento Increase Science Literacy Among Youth

• Healthy Families and Communities Initiative (Advisor 2)o Life Skillso Adolescent Developmento Extension Educationo Science, Engineering and Technologyo Administrative Leadership

Theme Examples - NFCS Advisor• I expanded the scope of my activities in research, extension, and

creative activity while at the same time ensuring I was strategically positioning my administrative and programmatic efforts in ways that integrated the local county needs with the UC ANR Strategic Vision: human nutritional status, child obesity, food safety, and food security.

• Healthy Families and Communities Initiativeo Childhood Obesityo Health Promotiono Consumer Food Safetyo Food Securityo Administrative Leadership

Theme Examples – Agricultural• My research and extension program is based on the major theme

of interactions between plants and microorganisms. Because of my interest, training and experience with plant pathology and microbial ecology, I focused my activities on three areas of plant-microbe interactions:o Pathogens of plants (summary of 16 projects)o Microbial ecology in strawberry (summary of 7 projects)o Foodborne pathogens and ecology of E. coli. (summary of 2

projects)

• Sustainability and Viability of Agriculture:o Sustainable Food Systemso Science and Agriculture Literacyo Organic Crop Productiono Ag Productivity, Efficiency and Sustainabilityo Waste Management

Theme Examples – Natural Resources

• Sustainable Ecosystems Initiativeo Sustainable Natural Ecosystemso Sustainable Natural Resourceso Water Quality, Quantity and Securityo Water Conservation and Irrigation Quality

• Example of a more narrowly focused Natural Resources Theme(s)o Landscape Management

Wildland/Urban Interface Wildfire Education

Theme Example (examples borrowed from UC Delivers)

Conserving water in agricultural systems (Theme)• Description of Theme: Water resources are severely

limited in both volume and quality in CA. It is critical to assist clientele in conserving water resources and in improving agricultural uses of water. . .

• Goal to address theme: Devise improved systems of irrigation and . .

• Research projects: New method for canopy shading measurements; erosion reduction in watersheds; vineyard cover crop and water usage; polymer additives reduce sediment and nutrient losses.

Theme Example (cont’d)(examples borrowed from UC Delivers)

• Role: very brief description (your project summary table will provide the details).

• Inputs: very brief description of your efforts.

• Outputs: Findings, publications, new methods and products, meetings, curricula, extension programs, etc.

• Extension: Brief summary of extension activities related to outputs. How did you extend your products/information to clientele?

• Outcomes/impacts as related to overall theme: 20 growers changed practices . . . . Runoff reduced in this watershed . . . . 12 growers used canopy measurement system and altered irrigation scheduling in this manner. . . Positive impacts on long-term, broader environmental issues.

Access Through Your Portal

• In the e-book:o Sample Outlineso How to merge projects under one themeo Actual PR Examples

• Merit and Promotion Website:o http://ucanr.edu/meritpromotion o http://ucanr.edu/academicpersonnel

Questions about changes, general directions, format, or themes?

Full Title VII-IX Merit• Program Summary Narrative (6 pages) – review period since

most recent salary action documenting performance in 4 academic criteria and affirmative action

• AE Section C (Goals)• Bibliography from your entire career

o Highlight years since last salary actiono Define your role in the publication

• Extension activities table and project summary table—include years since last salary action

• Include position descriptions or period covered• 3 sample publications with summary• Letters of evaluation

Full Title VII - IX

Performance Expectations• Exceptional contributions to a major program area, resulting in

significant benefits to people of CA and contributing favorably to the prestige of UC and UCCE.

• Evidence of continuing superior ability, professional attainment and growth in the individual’s field.

• Peer leadership, originality, and ability to work effectively with others.

• Strong evidence of a well-balanced program with outstanding performance in all four criteria areas and AA.

• Strong evidence of a wide scope of recognition and highly meritorious service.

Advancement to Step IX

• This advancement is reserved for persons of the highest distinction whose work has been nationally recognized and acclaimed.

• Must demonstrate well-balanced program with outstanding performance in all four academic criteria areas and AA.

Program Review Sections-Advisors/Specialists

1. Position Description2. Acceleration Statement (if

applicable)3. Program Summary

Narrative– Extending Knowledge and

Information/Applied Research and Creative Activity

– Professional Competence & Professional Activity Summary

– University and Public Service Summary

– Affirmative Action Summary

4. Professional Competence(documenting lists)

5. University and Public Service (documenting lists)

6. AE Section C: Goals for Coming Year

7. Bibliography8. Publication Examples and

Summary (if applicable)9. Letters of Evaluation (if

applicable)10. Appendices:

– Project Summary Table – Extension Activities Table – Letters of Publication (if applicable)– Sabbatical Leave Plan and/or Report (if

applicable if taken in last 3 years only)

Position DescriptionThe Basis for Evaluating Your PR

• Review your PD to make sure it reflects your current assignment. Update if needed. The new academic PD template is available on the APU website .

• Include all position descriptions that apply to the review period.

• Indicate the time period each was in effect.

• Develop documentation (i.e. PD addendum) for special assignments, such as acting County Director or new cross county work.

• For cross-county assignments, the designated primary County Director will have the responsibility to complete and sign the position description for an academic assigned to his/her county.

• All other cross-County Director’s will have an opportunity to review the position description for completeness before it is forwarded for signature to the Associate Vice President.

Acceleration

• Acceleration requires exceptional achievement in at least one criteria – identify the “driver.”

• Acceleration requires greater than normal productivity in all criteria for your rank and step.

• Highlight activities that you believe warrant special attention -- do not just repeat descriptions you provide in other sections.

• Focus only on the period since the last review justifying the acceleration request.

Program Summary Narrative

• Highlights your major accomplishments, notable achievements, since last salary action.

• Maximum length is 6 pages for merits, 10 for promotions.

• Use bullets, indentations, and subheadings to make your statement more readable.

• Tells your story with impacts.

Program Summary Narrative Summarizing Themes

• Provide ContextDescribe counties covered, nature of clientele, factors that influenced program activities.

• Describe Goals and Objectives for each themeInclude how goals were determined, clientele needs assessments, etc.

• Describe Research, Creative Activities, and other Efforts

• Describe resulting Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts

Program Summary Narrative (continued)

Summarize Professional Competence

• Describe professional activities

• Include other elements of professional development and competence

Summarize University and Public Service

Summarize Affirmative Action

• Describe how Affirmative Action tied into program themes and activities.

Professional Competence

• In the Program Summary Narrative you summarize activities (in one to two paragraphs) that you:

o Participated in training to become more competent

o Are viewed as competent by peers & clientele

• In this Professional Competence section (documenting lists), items may be listed by themes, subject matter, goals, or other organization at the discretion of the advisor

• Divide activities into 2 sections:

1. Professional Development & Training

2. Evidence of Professional Competence

Professional Competence (continued)

1. Professional Development & Training• Training, conferences, workgroups and non-workgroup

activities, administrative training, technology training, etc.• Disciplinary societies/professional association meetings,

memberships, attend activities, etc.

2. Evidence of Professional Competence• Presentations at professional society and workgroup meetings,

editing books, reviewing articles, professional offices held, etc.• Awards, recognition (includes national and international),

licenses.

University and Public Service • In the Program Summary Narrative you summarize (in one to two

paragraphs) that you served the university and the public in your area of expertise.

• In this University and Public Service section (documenting lists), list items in two categories: University Service such as:

o Committees, task forces, program teams, workgroups, university student tours, etc.

o Describe your role, relationship and responsibilities within each service area. Indicate who benefited.

Public Service such as:o Activities and events in which you used your professional

expertise to benefit groups or efforts outside the University. o Describe your role, relationship and responsibilities within

each service area. Indicate who benefited.o Activities listed here should relate to your field of expertise or

your ANR assignment.

Affirmative Action• This is a place to describe your efforts and successes in reaching

under-served audiences.

• Summarize your AA accomplishments as related to your position description.

• Discuss your primary and secondary clientele and specific AA goals and accomplishments.

• Limit this section to 1-4 paragraphs, but be descriptive.

• CASA records will be reviewed to ensure candidates achieved parity or demonstrated all reasonable effort.

Required Elements of Your Bibliography

• Description of Your Organizational Method

• Peer Reviewed and Non-Peer Reviewed Sections

o Peer Reviewed i.e. scholarly journals; Cal Ag, ANR publications, UCIPM Pest Management Guidelines, curricula, Journal of Extension, and other peer-reviewed publications.

o Non-Peer ReviewedA – Popular (articles, newsletters, stories, UC Delivers, etc.)B – Technical (reports, curricula, and articles)C – Abstracts, other outreach materials

• Your Role

• In Press

• Authorship

Project Summary Table

• Use the themes/goals you used to organize your Program Summary.

• List projects, including the ones that do not have specific grants or financial support.

• Include: title of project and duration; your role; first initial and last name and institutional affiliation of collaborators; amount of support and its duration (and type if other than money); and the funding source.

Extension Activities Table

• Only list activities directly related to your program clientele.

• List activities for non-clientele groups (e.g. students, foreign visitors, scientific colleagues) in Professional Competence or University and Public Service sections.

• Format examples appear in E-book.

Section C AE: Goals for Coming Year

• Projects you intend to accomplish in the coming year

• Anticipated collaborators

• Anticipated outcomes in each criteria area, including specific AA goals.

• What needs to be accomplished to advance?

Publication Examples

Required for:

• Promotions

• Accelerations

• Upper Level Merits (FT VII – IX)

Choose 3 that best represent your work

• Describe all 3 on a single page preceding the examples (summary)

Confidential Letters of Evaluation

• Needed for: • Definite Term to Indefinite Status• Promotions• Accelerations• Merits Advisor FT VII to FT IX

• Candidate provides names of up to 6 references; may also give names of those not suitable to serve as reference. Recommend that you seek both internal and external references who understand your program.

• Supervisor uses these and may add ones of their own. • All letters received are included with dossier.• Candidates will not see the letters.• Names must be entered online prior to January 19th. Supervisors will

send out requests for letters of evaluations.

Confidential Letters of Evaluation (continued)

• Select people to write confidential letters of evaluation who can truly evaluate your program.

• You are responsible for providing your program information to the evaluators.

• IF, the CD/Supervisor add names, it is their responsibility to share the candidates PR or other materials for review with the requested evaluator.

• The CD/Supervisor writes review after letters from other evaluators are received.

Recent Changes for Confidential Letters of Evaluation

• Academics can solicit confidential letters of evaluation from academics within their “home” county.

• Confidential Letters of evaluation are not currently required for Academic Coordinators or Administrators. To fully evaluate cases, the candidate and/or the supervisor will solicit letters of evaluation at least every 6 years, making this a minimum requirement.

• For candidates in SSPs, the SSP Director will provide letters of evaluation in addition to the CDs. For example , Directors for the following SSPs: IPM, MG, YFC (NFCS, 4-H).

• For candidates assigned to multiple counties, the primary County Director will be responsible for completing an academic’s evaluation with input from all other cross-County Directors. A secondary County Director, if desired, may submit a separate independent evaluation directly to the APU for uploading.

Other Documents

• Letters of publication acceptance (if applicable)

• Sabbatical leave plan and report (if applicable)

• Definitions of acronyms (if applicable)

Questions about these dossier components?

Need More Help?

Questions: Chris Greer@ cagreer@ucanr.edu (530) 750-1369

or Pam Tise @ pdtise@ucanr.edu (530) 750-1281

All forms, guidelines, slides, samples and policy information can be found on the APU website:

http://ucanr.edu/academicpersonnel

Important Dates

Topic Date Due Action

Deadline for Academics to submit names so supervisor may request Confidential Letters of Evaluation

1/19/2015 Directors/Supervisors send out requests for letters of evaluation for Academics

PR Dossiers Due (this includes Section C of the AE – Goals)

2/2/2015 Academic upload by 11:59 PM

Confidential Letters 3/2/2015 Deadline for submissionReview by supervisor for all actions – Upload into online system

3/16/2015 Director/Supervisor meets with academic first

Outcomes Check-in

• Has your knowledge of the Upper Level Merit process increased?

• Has your knowledge of how to develop a well written PR increased?

• Have all your PR questions been answered?

Additional Questions?